Weight
Definition
The significance assigned to admitted evidence in the case.
Related terms
- Admissibility
- Whether a piece of evidence is permitted to be placed before the fact-finder at all. Admissibility is a threshold question, decided by...
- Reliable Application
- A defensible use of a method for the actual facts and question.
- Ultimate Issue
- The central question the court must decide: guilty or not guilty, liable or not liable. Traditionally experts were prohibited from expressing opinions...